I show no Balm burials in Clinton County, Iowa. Westley Cook burial shows only death date and burial date in Springdale Cemetery. COOK WESTLEY 07/13/1918 Clinton IA 07/15/1918 M/W 82 No Stone SPRINGDALE 37 96 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justina Cook" <genealogy.psycho@gmail.com> To: <iaclinto-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:24 AM Subject: [IACLINTO] Abram BALM family > Hi~ > > Does anyone know anything about the Abram Balm family that was living in > Clinton county in the 1850 census? They were in Bloomfield Twp. at the > time. I can't locate them in the 1860 census, but two of the sons served > in > the Civil War from Missouri, so they may have been there or somewhere > nearby. In the 1870 census, the wife is living in Clinton county with > another family (Wesley Cook family), so I'm guessing Abram had died by > then. The family is: > > Abram Balm -- b. abt 1807 in NY > Catharine Balm -- b. abt 1811 in Canada > Henry Balm -- b. abt 1833 in Canada > Jane Balm -- b. abt 1835 in Canada > Hiram Johnson Balm -- b. abt 1839 in Canada > David Balm -- b. abt 1841 in Canada > Samantha Balm -- b. abt 1842 in Canada > William Alvin Balm -- b. abt 1844 in Canada > Almira Balm -- b. abt 1845 in Canada > Anna Balm -- b. abt 1848 in Iowa > > They're supposed to have immigrated in 1847. Since Catharine was living > with the Cook family in the 1870 census, I'm hoping that she's related (an > aunt or something). My theory (which I have pretty much no basis for) is > that Abram might be the half-brother of Robert Cook (Wesley's father). > Ultimately, I'd like to find out who Abram's parents are (or even > Catharine's parents for that matter), but in the meantime, I'd love to > hear > from anyone with more information on this family or that has a connection > with this family and would like to receive or exchange information. Any > suggestions would be greatly appreciated as well! Thanks, and take care! > "-) > > > Justina Cook "-) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IACLINTO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message